Dry Spell
I'm in a bit of a dry spell at the moment. It's not that I don't have an ample supply of new music flowing into my inbox, that's definitely not the problem. It's that I don't have much to say, about it or much of anything else for that matter.
It goes pretty deep, actually. I feel stale on the inside. I'm not excited about anything and it's bringing me down. God knows I'm busy and between my job and my family I have more stuff to do than ever before, but something is missing.
Looking back, however, I see that I seem to go through a period like this each summer wherein I feel like I need to take a break from the blog to regain some spark and inspiration. I've also noted that as soon as I say that I'm going to go on a little hiatus, I begin to have ideas almost immediately. I'm not sure what that says about me, if that means I'm the kind of person who has to fool herself in order to motivate herself, but then again I'm not sure it matters. It is what it is.
So in the meantime, I leave you with a few songs that have been causing me to listen twice and listen closely. I hope you enjoy them. I promise I'll be back sooner rather than later.
Peasant--"We're Good" mp3 off On the Ground (buy)
Sharon van Etten--"For You" mp3 off Because I Was in Love (buy)
Vermont + Centro-Matic--"What to Do" mp3 off Vermont + Centro-Matic = Opportunity (buy) Special thanks to Dave at Mars Needs Guitars for this one.
Standing by.....and I like that Peasant song! Very 60's pop-ish in flavor.
i like it too. i think i'm going to have to get the album. and thanks, i
know you know how it goes here in blogland. :)
That happened to me recently too after we came back from our trip. I
barely wrote a post for two (three?) weeks. It was kind of a relief
letting it go and realizing there were really no awful consequences. I
guess I just needed the time off because it's all flowing again now.
well that's encouraging, because i'm not feeling the flow returning yet! it
is a relief, though, i can definitely say that. i'm going to keep an open
spirit about it and not put any pressure on myself and see what happens. :)
I'm a bit like that at the moment too. Hence the recent posting of videos,
for some reason I don't feel that I need to write too much about videos.
Very slack of me!
agnes--at least you still feel like posting videos! i'm still feeling empty
of ideas . . .
The same thing seems to happen to readers as well - I tend to get a dip in
hits and comments around July and August.
i think you're right, matthew, there is a definite dip in interest during
the summer months. however, i'm happy to report i'm percolating an idea at
the moment, although it's still somewhat along the lines of "why i don't
feel like blogging."
I know what those feel like all too well. In the midst of one right now.
you know, that picture actually comes from australia. not sure where, but
it does!
I understand Marcy, I think we all experience it at some point. hang in
there and don't ever feel obligated to post. Just post when it strikes you.
:-)
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